Julian Schrader
@julianschrader.bsky.social
Ecology | Biodiversity | Biogeography | Conservation
Lecturer at Macquarie U, Sydney, Australia
youtube.com/@EcolClips
https://julianschrader.wordpress.com
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=vkDBwQEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Lecturer at Macquarie U, Sydney, Australia
youtube.com/@EcolClips
https://julianschrader.wordpress.com
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=vkDBwQEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
A bit of a mood booster seeing these amazing animals in action :)
Our new #EcolClips on Platypus and Echidnas — the world’s only egg-laying mammals!
#Australia #Sydney #animals #nature #science #biodiversity #ecology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupR...
Our new #EcolClips on Platypus and Echidnas — the world’s only egg-laying mammals!
#Australia #Sydney #animals #nature #science #biodiversity #ecology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupR...
How have Monotremes survived 100 Million Years of Change? | EcolClips
YouTube video by EcolClips
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November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A bit of a mood booster seeing these amazing animals in action :)
Our new #EcolClips on Platypus and Echidnas — the world’s only egg-laying mammals!
#Australia #Sydney #animals #nature #science #biodiversity #ecology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupR...
Our new #EcolClips on Platypus and Echidnas — the world’s only egg-laying mammals!
#Australia #Sydney #animals #nature #science #biodiversity #ecology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupR...
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Oportunidade de Pós-Doutorado / Post-doctoral Research Opportunity in our lab!
🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP)
3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology.
Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional.
📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25
🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade...
#Postdoc #FireEcology
3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology.
Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional.
📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25
🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade...
#Postdoc #FireEcology
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oportunidade de Pós-Doutorado / Post-doctoral Research Opportunity in our lab!
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Academics, publishers, and non-profits unite to deliver diamond open access journals peeer.net/2025/10/20/a... #BetterPublishing
Advancing diamond OA
Stanford University Press (SUP) — which has a long and storied history in book publishing — has branched out into journal publishing in association with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The init…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Academics, publishers, and non-profits unite to deliver diamond open access journals peeer.net/2025/10/20/a... #BetterPublishing
Definitely one of my favorite birds in Australia :)
New #EcolClips on the courtship and bower-building behavior of the Satin Bowerbird!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecyg...
#bird #Australia #birds #nature #ecology #biology #wildlife #birdwatching
New #EcolClips on the courtship and bower-building behavior of the Satin Bowerbird!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecyg...
#bird #Australia #birds #nature #ecology #biology #wildlife #birdwatching
Why does this bird steal anything blue? | EcolClips
YouTube video by EcolClips
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October 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Definitely one of my favorite birds in Australia :)
New #EcolClips on the courtship and bower-building behavior of the Satin Bowerbird!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecyg...
#bird #Australia #birds #nature #ecology #biology #wildlife #birdwatching
New #EcolClips on the courtship and bower-building behavior of the Satin Bowerbird!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecyg...
#bird #Australia #birds #nature #ecology #biology #wildlife #birdwatching
Paper out in Ecology Letters!
We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography
We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography
Resurveyed Island Vegetation Reveals That Species Colonisation and Extinction Probabilities Are Linked to Traits
We show that species richness and community trait composition on 132 Australian islands remained stable over six decades, despite high species turnover. Colonisation and extinction probabilities were....
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October 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Paper out in Ecology Letters!
We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography
We - incl. @westobymark.bsky.social @biogeokreft.bsky.social and others - show that traits are linked to species’ colonisation and extinction probabilities on #islands — with direct implications for species persistence and the Equilibrium Theory of Island #Biogeography
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Don't forget to register for this month's Funk lecture! Click here to learn more: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Don't forget to register for this month's Funk lecture! Click here to learn more: www.biogeography.org/news/news/oc...
Why are polar animals compact, while tropical ones are lean with long limbs and ears?
Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule explained in our new #EcolClips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKG6...
#Ecology #biodiversity #climatechange #teaching #theory #species #animals
Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule explained in our new #EcolClips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKG6...
#Ecology #biodiversity #climatechange #teaching #theory #species #animals
Bergmann’s & Allen‘s rule | EcolClips
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October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why are polar animals compact, while tropical ones are lean with long limbs and ears?
Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule explained in our new #EcolClips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKG6...
#Ecology #biodiversity #climatechange #teaching #theory #species #animals
Bergmann’s rule and Allen’s rule explained in our new #EcolClips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKG6...
#Ecology #biodiversity #climatechange #teaching #theory #species #animals
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New paper out today with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social and @lizardlab.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
From anecdote to evidence: experimental validation of fire-cue recognition in Australian sleepy lizards | Biology Letters
Fire has shaped the evolution of both plants and animals. Animals exposed to fire throughout their evolutionary history are predicted to exhibit behavioural adaptations that enhance survival during fire. Here, we investigated whether Australian sleepy ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New paper out today with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social and @lizardlab.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🌍 The International Biogeography Society’s 12th Biennial Conference — TIBS Aarhus 2026 — will take place Jan 6–10 in Aarhus, Denmark: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-... 🐘🍃🌴We're looking forward to hosting it!
#Biogeography is central to understanding the #biosphere & is more important than ever!♨️
#Biogeography is central to understanding the #biosphere & is more important than ever!♨️
September 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🌍 The International Biogeography Society’s 12th Biennial Conference — TIBS Aarhus 2026 — will take place Jan 6–10 in Aarhus, Denmark: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-... 🐘🍃🌴We're looking forward to hosting it!
#Biogeography is central to understanding the #biosphere & is more important than ever!♨️
#Biogeography is central to understanding the #biosphere & is more important than ever!♨️
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I am happy to share our new paper, introducing our glacier forefield study platform in the Dachstein and Berchtesgaden Mountains
https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/
#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)
https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/
#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)
September 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I am happy to share our new paper, introducing our glacier forefield study platform in the Dachstein and Berchtesgaden Mountains
https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/
#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)
https://we.copernicus.org/articles/25/157/2025/
#newpaper #glacierforefields #alps
And by coincidence just in time for the #imc2025
(Edited 10:17 via @skeetsapp.com)
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Thermal drones are a promising tool for monitoring nocturnal arboreal wildlife, including elusive endangered species. They matched ground survey detection while covering more areas, greatly expanding our survey abilities. Read more: #unimelb Pursuit article: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/The...
Thermal drones are helping to monitor some of Australia’s most elusive wildlife
Thermal camera-equipped drones are revolutionising wildlife surveys in Victoria’s native forests, say University of Melbourne experts.
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thermal drones are a promising tool for monitoring nocturnal arboreal wildlife, including elusive endangered species. They matched ground survey detection while covering more areas, greatly expanding our survey abilities. Read more: #unimelb Pursuit article: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/The...
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Happy to be able to share that our work investigating the efficacy of thermal #drones for nocturnal #wildlife surveys is finally published in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological applications: doi.org/10.1002/eap..... Find a summary in @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/drones-with-...
Drones with thermal cameras are revealing the secrets of elusive Australian forest wildlife
The new technology will help scientists monitor and protect some of Australia’s most iconic and threatened forest species.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Happy to be able to share that our work investigating the efficacy of thermal #drones for nocturnal #wildlife surveys is finally published in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological applications: doi.org/10.1002/eap..... Find a summary in @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/drones-with-...
What is Ecology?
In our new #EcolClips we explain the concept of #ecology in a brief and concise way.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoF...
In our new #EcolClips we explain the concept of #ecology in a brief and concise way.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoF...
What is Ecology? | EcolClips
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September 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
What is Ecology?
In our new #EcolClips we explain the concept of #ecology in a brief and concise way.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoF...
In our new #EcolClips we explain the concept of #ecology in a brief and concise way.
Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoF...
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Great postdoc opportunity:
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring
Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great postdoc opportunity:
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
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Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring
Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
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📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/
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Only 10 days left to apply:
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
September 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Only 10 days left to apply:
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
Our paper on species and trait abundance distributions in @jappliedecology.bsky.social is now out in an issue:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Led by Werner Ulrich and many other great colleagues.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Led by Werner Ulrich and many other great colleagues.
Species and trait abundance distributions as tools for understanding disturbance effects and community assembly in applied ecology
Further insight into the links between disturbance and species abundance may come from the recognition that the species abundance distribution (SAD) is a special case of a broader concept, the trait ...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our paper on species and trait abundance distributions in @jappliedecology.bsky.social is now out in an issue:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Led by Werner Ulrich and many other great colleagues.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Led by Werner Ulrich and many other great colleagues.
Thrilled to see my Tansley insight review published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Trait‐based island biogeography as a tool for studying future ecological communities
Understanding the future of ecological communities under global change is among the most pressing challenges in plant ecology. Islands, with their reduced species diversity and clear boundaries, have...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Thrilled to see my Tansley insight review published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I provide an overview of recent advances in integrating plant traits into island ecology and highlight key opportunities for future research in island systems.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...
September 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We can't wait to hear Dr.Brian McGill's talk for this month's Funk lecture! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/se...
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Quite some interests in the #Macroecology session of our Macrecology interest group wothin @gfoesoc.bsky.social #gfoe2025
gfoe.org/en/specialis...
If you want to be part of our highly international email list for jobs & more PM me.
gfoe.org/en/specialis...
If you want to be part of our highly international email list for jobs & more PM me.
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Quite some interests in the #Macroecology session of our Macrecology interest group wothin @gfoesoc.bsky.social #gfoe2025
gfoe.org/en/specialis...
If you want to be part of our highly international email list for jobs & more PM me.
gfoe.org/en/specialis...
If you want to be part of our highly international email list for jobs & more PM me.
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We’re thrilled to announce that the GfÖ Annual Conference 2026 will be a joint event with the Nordic Society OIKOS (NSO), taking place in Odense, Denmark! 🇩🇰✨
See you on 14-17 Sep 2026!
nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
#NSO2026 #gfoe2026
See you on 14-17 Sep 2026!
nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
#NSO2026 #gfoe2026
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We’re thrilled to announce that the GfÖ Annual Conference 2026 will be a joint event with the Nordic Society OIKOS (NSO), taking place in Odense, Denmark! 🇩🇰✨
See you on 14-17 Sep 2026!
nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
#NSO2026 #gfoe2026
See you on 14-17 Sep 2026!
nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
#NSO2026 #gfoe2026
What is #biodiversity and why does it matter?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt9...
#ecology #sustainability #science #diversity #nature #ecosystem #conservation #future
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt9...
#ecology #sustainability #science #diversity #nature #ecosystem #conservation #future
What is Biodiversity? | EcolClips
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September 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What is #biodiversity and why does it matter?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt9...
#ecology #sustainability #science #diversity #nature #ecosystem #conservation #future
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt9...
#ecology #sustainability #science #diversity #nature #ecosystem #conservation #future
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Eamonn Wooster – 2025 Next Generation #Ecologist Award Winner!
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Wooster has been recognised for his outstanding work exploring how animals respond to risk in human-altered environments, with powerful implications for predator-prey dynamics.
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Wooster has been recognised for his outstanding work exploring how animals respond to risk in human-altered environments, with powerful implications for predator-prey dynamics.
September 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Eamonn Wooster – 2025 Next Generation #Ecologist Award Winner!
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Wooster has been recognised for his outstanding work exploring how animals respond to risk in human-altered environments, with powerful implications for predator-prey dynamics.
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Wooster has been recognised for his outstanding work exploring how animals respond to risk in human-altered environments, with powerful implications for predator-prey dynamics.
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If you are planning to attend our biennial conference, abstract submission will close Sep 1, so be sure to submit and secure a spot! conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
The International Biogeography Society Conference Jan 7-9, 2026 Aarhus
The International Biogeography Society and Aarhus University are excited to welcome you to the 12th Biannual Conference in Aarhus, the city of Smiles.
conferences.au.dk
August 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you are planning to attend our biennial conference, abstract submission will close Sep 1, so be sure to submit and secure a spot! conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...